Taliban insurgency

state-sponsored terrorism, with the goal of dismantling Al Qaida and toppling the uncooperative Taliban government Following the Bonn Agreement in December 2001 international involvement changed to dual processes of providing basic services for Afghans and building government institutions as the scale of human security crisis as a result of this conflict became apparent. This approach greatly reflects the “state centric” approach – only seeking humanitarian goals once the security of the state is enhanced. The extent of the “state-centric” perspective can be seen in a statement by the then secretary of state, describing humanitarian NGOs as “force multipliers” and “members of the combat team”, showing humanitarian workers as serving part of the militarized, state-centric operation. A major factor in the significant human insecurity of Afghan citizens was the violence and disruption caused by the rising insurgency. The Taliban-led insurgency was significantly fueled by the human insecurity so prevalent in Afghanistan; a lack of “freedom from want” was estimated to be driving up to 60% of the Taliban insurgents to fight. Additionally, the “big military”, state-centric approach, with its emphasis on “Taliban kills” and high rates of civilian casualties fostered a “culture of revenge” and “created 10 enemies out of one”. This local resentment of foreign forces further led Afghan’s towards Taliban loyalty, so much so that the Afghan security struggled with issues of…

location. The taliban is super local in this specific area of Afghanistan. U.S. Marines must be extremely cautious when leaving in and out of base. “With Taliban eyes always on them, the soldiers can only leave the base under cover of darkness.” (2) This Combat Outpost is nowhere near as safe as it should be. During the voice over the soldiers explain that the roof was shot off into debris. (1) Unfortunately, when there is a man down it isn’t always a walk in the park to get to him. At this…

all know that women’s rights are a big struggle in Afghanistan. It was worse when Afghanistan was under the Taliban rule. These women were treated unfairly, beaten for the slightest wrong move, raped, and thrown out like trash. Some women are putting up a fight and really trying to get their freedom. Unfortunately, the Afghanistan society and the way things were being ran before the Taliban fell are keeping these women from achieving the goal they want, and that is to have equal human rights.…

Coalition firepower, the creation of local security forces unified under the national police system will provide communities with ties to their country and a purpose in opposing infiltration from extremist groups. These security forces should be tasked with protecting new roads and infrastructure provided by their government. The creation of these groups will lessen the required number of Coalition troops necessary for security, which addresses Colonel Gentile’s concern regarding the amount of…

the last two centuries. The purpose of this paper has been to demonstrate that over the course of history there have been many strategic shifts in terms of threats and enemies that opponents have faced. With each of these shifts has come a different approach or way for fighting wars. The discussion comes to a full loop with the simplification provided by Gorka and Kilcullen, where they explain that it is highly unlikely that the Taliban in Afghanistan or the extremists on US soil choose to fight…

Insurgency I agree with the definition that, "insurgency is the organized use of subversion and violence by a group or movement that seeks to overthrow or force a change of a governing authority. The insurgency can also refer to the group itself.” I agree with this description, because it is the definition, which is accepted by the Department of Defense of the United States of America. In addition, the definition seems to be the most logical. Insurgency always exists whenever people feel…

seeks to analyze the relationship between the production of opium in Afghanistan and the sustainability of the Taliban. Rather than continue the failing anti-narcotics campaign in Afghanistan, the United States should undermine the power of the Taliban by pushing for development of the Afghan Economy through the utilization of the country's comparative advantage in opium production. The failure of extermination, the lack of profitable substitution crops, the important role that opium plays…

This chapter will focus on the U.S. military’s shift from deploying large conventional fighting forces to Special Operations Forces due to America fighting a different type of enemy, radical insurgencies. America is not fighting a large conventional army like the Iraqi Army again; they are fighting insurgencies. The best way to eliminate these insurgencies is to send in SOF because they have the ability to train local militant groups behind enemy lines and perform direct action missions to…

Briefing Note #2 Megan Wilton Penn State Harrisburg The Taliban is an Afghani and Pakistani terrorist group. They are a large organization, with a religious base. I chose this group because I have read several stories and books involving the Taliban and their victims, also I have an interest in the Islamic culture, religion, and mind-set. Issue In this paper, the Taliban and their relation to religion, will be analyzed. It is important to study and understand different terror groups, especially…

Najmah in Under the Persimmon tree by, Suzanne Fisher Staples. Najmah is affected by the taliban because the taliban killed most of her family and took her brother to fight in the war. This is important because all around the world people are being treated poorly by the Taliban. These people are forced to give up in what they believe in and replace that with there own strict laws. My piece is about the harsh laws the Taliban enforce,the culture that the Taliban controls and how they treat…